C. C. Pierce & Co. photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 47 photographs of Southern California, taken by C.C. Pierce & Co. between 1886 and the 1930s.
Dates
- approximately 1886-1939
Creator
- C.C. Pierce & Co. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from C.C. Pierce & Co. photographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
C. C. Pierce & Co. was a photography studio in Los Angeles, California.
Biographical / Historical
C.C. Pierce & Co. (approximately 1900-1946) was a photography studio in Los Angeles, California.
The C.C. Pierce & Co. photography studio was established around 1900 at 313 Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, by Charles Chester Pierce. The business moved several times over the course of its roughly 40-year existence, and eventually expanded to the sale of photographic supplies. Notably, the photography studio functioned to create a vast picture library amassed by Pierce. Pierce both made his own photographs and acquired the negatives and prints of other regional photographers such as Emil Ellis, Parker and Knight, Ramsey, Herve Friend, L.M. Clendenon, George P. Thresher, George Wharton James, and F.M. Huddleston. Pierce later erased their signatures and replaced them with his own, before organizing the lot into subject files. Pierce then created an archive which he called the "C.C. Pierce Collection of Rare, Historical and Curious Photographs, Illustrating California, the Pacific Coast and the Southwest", which became an important resource for the studio's patrons, such as boosters and researchers.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Title
- Register of C.C. Pierce & Co. photographs
- Author
- Lucas J. Chehda
- Date
- 2012 February 27
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States